Chris Colfer in Talks for Glee Reboot, Jokes About Mr. Schue and Sue Singing “WAP
- The Scoop: Chris Colfer says he is in active discussions to reprise Kurt Hummel in Ryan Murphy’s Glee revival, though no deal is signed.
- Creative Team: Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan have completed a script, with 20th Television producing for Disney+ and Hulu.
- Character Vision: Colfer pitched Kurt as a Miranda Priestly-style fashion power player, and jokingly campaigned for Mr. Schue and Sue to perform “WAP.”
Chris Colfer is negotiating a return to McKinley High, confirming he is in active discussions to reprise Kurt Hummel in Ryan Murphy’s Glee revival for Disney+ and Hulu.
The original co-creator is reassembling his musical franchise with Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, and the script is already finished.
Inside the Negotiation: Why Colfer’s Kurt Hummel Holdout Matters
Colfer’s involvement is the revival’s most scrutinized casting question, and he is handling it with deliberate leverage rather than a quick signature.
“I’ve had a nice conversation with someone, and I’m gonna have more conversations soon,” Colfer said, adding that what he has heard “sounded very funny and it sounded like a good idea.”
His creative pitch for an adult Kurt is pointed: a Miranda Priestly-type running his own fashion blog or magazine, placing the former choir kid “in a place of power.”
That framing gives the revival its sharpest comedic engine, flipping the show’s underdog DNA into a workplace satire of an adult who peaked early and built an empire anyway.
“I’m secretly campaigning for Mr. Schue and Sue Sylvester to do ‘WAP.'”, Chris Colfer
The joke lands because it names the revival’s real burden: a series built on shocking musical numbers must now out-shock a pop landscape it once defined.
Murphy’s Script Is Done, Now Comes the Hard Part
Murphy confirmed the writers’ room has moved past development. “Well, funny you ask, cause I just finished the script an hour ago,” he said in September.
He has also contacted roughly ten original cast members, though at that point none had read the pages, a sequencing detail that explains Colfer’s measured public posture.
20th Television is producing, with Disney+ and Hulu positioned as the launch platforms, monitored across our trade entertainment desk.
No premiere date or filming schedule has been set, which keeps the revival in a holding pattern while deals close.
The Streaming Bet: Reviving Fox’s Musical Juggernaut for Disney+
Glee ran six seasons on Fox and became a global merchandising and touring machine, making it one of the most valuable library titles Disney inherited.
A revival functions as a subscriber acquisition funnel: nostalgia pulls lapsed viewers into Disney+ and Hulu, while a weekly musical format drives sustained engagement and curbs churn better than a one-off special ever could.
The casting math is equally commercial. Every confirmed original cast member is a headline; every holdout is a story, and Colfer’s “at this point I’m just curious” stance keeps the revival in the conversation without costing the studio a dollar in marketing.
For Murphy, the project extends a prolific revival streak, and the clock now runs on locking ensemble deals before the script’s momentum cools.
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